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BT recruit another 1,000 people into engineering roles
Thursday 07 March 2013 09:40:25 by
Andrew Ferguson

Openreach and BT have been recruiting more engineering staff to the group as
their commercial roll-out of full and partial fibre services accelerates and
today sees another 1,000 new jobs being announced in response to the level of
BDUK contract wins.

"BT’s investment, together with the government’s BDUK programme, will cement
the UK’s position as one of the leading broadband nations in Europe. We remain
highly confident that fibre can be provided to more than 90 per cent of UK
homes and businesses, making the UK a global digital leader.

Faster broadband will help to fuel the UK economy and the jobs we are creating
are part of that. Almost half of the jobs will be offered under our popular
apprenticeship scheme giving young people the chance to earn a recognised
qualification and pursue a career as a skilled telecoms engineer."

BT chief executive Ian Livingston

These additional 1,000 jobs will include 400 apprenticeships and 200 will be
reserved for armed forces personnel. The apprenticeships will be take a
training scheme that lasts around two and a half years giving them a BTEC Level
3 Diploma and Certificate in ICT Systems and Principles, their first year
focusing on installing FTTC/P connections in customers' homes in the first
year.